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Cigarette smoking alone has cost the United States $96 billion in direct medical expenses and $97 billion in lost productivity per year or an average of $4,260 per adult smoker. In 1964 the Surgeon General of the United States published the Smoking and Health report, which identified smoking as the cause of many health problems. [7]
Production of tobacco leaf increased by 40% between 1971, during which 4.2 million tons of leaf were produced, and 1997, during which 5.9 million tons of leaf were produced. [5] According to the Food and Agriculture organization of the UN, tobacco leaf production is expected to hit 7.1 million tons by 2010.
In India, tobacco generates approximately 20 billion Indian rupees (US$0.45 billion) of income per annum as a result of employment, income and government revenue. [ 125 ] Statistica estimates that in the U.S. alone, the tobacco industry has a market of US$121 billion, [ 126 ] despite the fact the CDC reports that US smoking rates are declining ...
The tobacco industry spends $8.5 billion each year on tobacco-related advertising and promotion, it said. That represents about $12 in tobacco industry marketing for each $1 spent by tobacco ...
The American Lung Association's latest annual tobacco report says delaying a menthol ban means increased addiction, disease and death from tobacco. More than 480,000 Americans die each year from ...
Tobacco product use among U.S. pre-teens and teens has fallen to the lowest levels seen in 25 years, according to new federal data published Thursday. Researchers from the Centers for Disease ...
Policy and law restricting tobacco smoking has increased globally, but almost 6 trillion cigarettes are still produced each year, representing an increase of over 12% since the year 2000. [7] Tobacco is often heavily taxed to gain revenues for governments and as an incentive for people not to smoke. [8]
In the developing world, tobacco consumption is rising by 3.4% per year as of 2002. [10] The WHO in 2004 projected 58.8 million deaths to occur globally, from which 5.4 million are tobacco-attributed, and 4.9 million as of 2007. [13] As of 2002, 70% of the deaths are in developing countries. [13]